2017 Awards

Staff

Ohio University Administrative Service

Wayne Chiasson, 20 years

Jean Andrews, 10 years

Stephen Goss, 10 years

Undergraduate Students

Zak Blumer received best presentation at the 2017 Undergraduate Physics Research Conference, organized by the Society of Physics Students at Ohio University. Honorable Mention was awarded to Miles Lindquist.

Graduate Students

2016 Awards

Faculty

Alexander Govorov was named as a 2016 Ohio University Distinguished Professor.

Carl Brune voted as an Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society.

Staff

Physics & Astronomy Outstanding Staff Award – Doug Shafer

Ohio University Administrative Service

Dick Piccard, 25 years

Devon Jacobs, 15 years

Jeongihm Pak, 10 years

Undergraduate Students

Max Camp received best presentation at the 2016 Undergraduate Physics Research Conference, organized by the Society of Physics Students at Ohio University. Honorable Mention was awarded to Sara Sand and Andrew Dewald.

Robert Radloff and Jacob Williamson were inducted into Sigma Pi Sigma, the honor society for the Society of Physics Students.

Graduate Students

Sneha Pandya captured a Graduate Student Senate Original Work Grant.

J. Connor Burgad was awarded Outstanding Teaching Assistant by the College of Arts & Sciences

Kiran Prasai was awarded the Vishwa S. Shukla Memorial Scholarship.

Andrea Richard was awarded a Department of Energy Award - Student Research Award for Summer 2016 at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.

Kiran Prasai was named the Donald Clippinger Graduate Fellowship recipient.

2015 Awards

Faculty

Alexander Govorov received the Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship Award from the College of Arts and Sciences.

David Ingram received the Outstanding Faculty Leadership and Service Award from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Staff

Physics & Astronomy Outstanding Staff Award – Julie Goettge

Ohio University Administrative Service

Don Roth, 20 years

Doug Shafer, 10 years

Undergraduate Students

Sam Johnson received best presentation at the 2015 Undergraduate Physics Research Conference, organized by the Society of Physics Students at Ohio University. Honorable Mention was awarded to Maxwell Camp and Natalie Klco.

Natalie Klco and Kylie Holmes were inducted into Sigma Pi Sigma, the honor society for the Society of Physics Students.

Graduate Students

Andrada Mandru captured the Russell and Sigurd Varian award at the annual American Vacuum Society International Symposium in San Jose, CA, one of three national-level named student awards at the meeting. She made two presentations and also won a second award in the Magnetic Interfaces & Nanostructures Division.

Nilaj Chakrabarty was awarded Outstanding Teaching Assistant by the College of Arts & Sciences

Heath Kersell did two pieces of work for his dissertation cited in the future road map of DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. This is leading to the construction of a new beamline at the Advanced Photon Source dedicated to x-ray spectroscopy at the single atom level – the first in the world.

Thushan Wickramasinghe received the Graduate Associate Outstanding Teaching Award by the Department of Physics and Astronomy